Ok, so there’s a lot of catagories of cuts, nicks, slices, bleeders, and weepers.
For the most part, when I find myself bleeding it’s what I consider the price of forgetting to know better. For example, if I get a touchdown nick like I did when I first started, sure it’s a bit irritating, but I also have a part of me that’s like “well that’s what you get, you should know better”. Same with a toe nick, like if I catch my ear with just the toe of the razor because I’m too busy paying attention to the heel, it’s a bunch of “no more than you deserved”.
However, from time to time, I will be shaving along, happy with how smooth and blood free the shave is, happy that there’s no pulling, irritation, etc, and I am on task and on point, maintaining concentration just fine. I’ll fonish up a swipe or two, rinse the lather off the razor, and when I readdress my face in the mirror, holy crap, where did that come from!?
Not that these sorts of bleeders are big, they tend to be little weepers, but the ones that bug me the most are the ones I had no idea when how or why - how can I learn from a mistake if I do t even know where or how I went wrong!?
For the most part, when I find myself bleeding it’s what I consider the price of forgetting to know better. For example, if I get a touchdown nick like I did when I first started, sure it’s a bit irritating, but I also have a part of me that’s like “well that’s what you get, you should know better”. Same with a toe nick, like if I catch my ear with just the toe of the razor because I’m too busy paying attention to the heel, it’s a bunch of “no more than you deserved”.
However, from time to time, I will be shaving along, happy with how smooth and blood free the shave is, happy that there’s no pulling, irritation, etc, and I am on task and on point, maintaining concentration just fine. I’ll fonish up a swipe or two, rinse the lather off the razor, and when I readdress my face in the mirror, holy crap, where did that come from!?
Not that these sorts of bleeders are big, they tend to be little weepers, but the ones that bug me the most are the ones I had no idea when how or why - how can I learn from a mistake if I do t even know where or how I went wrong!?